1. Do not think distance erases your affection
Though yearning has overwhelmed me

2. I'm no man of superlative virtues
Though they mar with distance the purity of my aspirations

3. My pact remains unchanged though
Worry comes at me from every side

4. So I cling to the necklace of my devotion
And establish a precedent among principles of duty

5. I'm no man who if companions leave
Betrays the love of friends

6. Nor am I one who if a boon companion wanders
Remains for him a sedentary traveling companion

7. I'm a man who wrongs no neighbor nor displays
The defects of dear friends

8. O loyal elder become
The best of friends and kin

9. You who nurture have returned
Sending gentle rebuke with the blaming friend

10. For our tardy response
And lagging in the course of hospitality

11. Yes, we were remiss while you
Overlook a succession of errors by the penitent

12. We have no excuse but your pardon
Informs us the barring of all sins

13. So greetings, forgive, pardon, excuse, close up, spend,
Endure, tolerate, absolve and advise the contrite

14. My greetings always and at every hour
When light flashes amid the clouds

15. No longing one has sighed, no bird lamented
No caravan traveled with riders